Bill Text: TX HB1741 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used by child-care facilities to transport children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [HB1741 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1741-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1741 |
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relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used | ||
by child-care facilities to transport children. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 42.0424 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.0424. CHILD SAFETY ALARMS IN VEHICLES. (a) In this | ||
section, "electronic child safety alarm" means an alarm system that | ||
prompts the driver of a vehicle to inspect the vehicle to determine | ||
whether children are in the vehicle before the driver exits the | ||
vehicle. | ||
(b) A licensed day-care center shall equip each vehicle | ||
owned or leased by the facility with an electronic child safety | ||
alarm if the vehicle is: | ||
(1) designed to seat eight or more persons; and | ||
(2) used to transport children under the care of the | ||
facility. | ||
(c) The licensed day-care center shall ensure that the | ||
electronic child safety alarm is properly maintained and used when | ||
transporting children. | ||
(d) The department shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
section. | ||
(e) This section applies only to a vehicle purchased or | ||
leased on or after December 31, 2013. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.0424, Human Resources Code, as added | ||
by this Act, applies to a vehicle purchased or leased on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. A vehicle purchased or leased | ||
before the effective date of this Act shall comply with the | ||
requirements of Section 42.0424, Human Resources Code, as added by | ||
this Act, not later than December 31, 2014. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 31, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1741 was passed by the House on April | ||
18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 10, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1741 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 27, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1741 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays | ||
8. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |